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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
And if a file doesn't contain the expected contents but just a "gotcha" notice... there's no gotcha; there's nothing remotely illegal about having a file named "HARRY POTTER 1ST MOVIE.AVI" that contains nothing but a 10-second animation denouncing piracy.
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You're fogetting the purpose of the new laws. They don't need to prove anything, just provide the ISP with a list of IP addresses so that the ISP can hand out punishments. Whether anything useful is downloaded or not doesn't matter, since the owner of the IP address is presumed guilty as soon as they are accused.
If the victim wants to pay money to attempt to prove their innocence they can just say they must have made a mistake and pocket their share of the money.
It's win-win. They either get some money or another filthy pirate gets kicked off the internet. And as we all know, once all the pirates are off the internet the entertainment industry will be making an extra 50trillion per year in profit.